Chapter 89: Detox

Li Xuan nodded; these people still clearly understood the current situation, so they offered no resistance, obediently lowered their heads, awaiting Li Xuan's handling.

Li Xuan formed a seal with both hands, and a ball of golden‑red Light Seal condensed from his palms.

Li Xuan had no other methods of controlling others, and the Burning Heart Seal worked quite well.

As the Burning Heart Seal completed, Li Xuan pointed forward; the seal flew onto Tao Lin's forehead, the golden‑red light flashed, then vanished without a trace.

Next, Li Xuan, following the same method, placed more than thirty Burning Heart Seals on the Tao Family members' chests.

Using over thirty Burning Heart Seals in succession, even with Li Xuan's soul power brimming, it began to strain him.

At this moment Li Xuan's complexion turned a bit pale, and his limbs felt weak.

"It's done, get up." Li Xuan found a stone to sit on, then waved his hand at the Tao Family and said.

"Thank you for the master's reward!" After hearing Li Xuan's words, the Tao Family said, "From now on, I am your sole master; as long as you have no second thoughts and brew wine earnestly, I will not mistreat you." Li Xuan smiled at the Tao Family and said.

"Thank you, master!" Tao Lin shouted.

"Come, introduce your family; you're now my people, I need to learn about you." Li Xuan said with a smile.

"Our Tao Family was a mid‑level soul master family thirty years ago; our martial soul is Wine Master, and we also ran a business selling the Yun Jin Brew. Because the martial soul's quality was average, we had no high‑end combat power—just a third‑tier soul master family. But thirty years ago, for reasons unknown, we were targeted; the soul masters in the family were killed or wounded over the years, the children could no longer cultivate, and in the end we were schemed against and the whole family fell into slavery." Tao Lin sighed, his expression dim, and slowly recounted his family's story.

Li Xuan was stunned after hearing Tao Lin's words; he had thought it was merely a family good at brewing wine, not realizing they had once been a soul master family.

He thought this also counted as a loss on his part.

However, the story sounded off; suddenly the family's children could no longer become soul masters.

"Those children, come here." Li Xuan pondered briefly, then gestured to the few remaining Tao Family children.

These children had witnessed Li Xuan previously burning slaves alive, so they were terrified of him, standing helplessly where they were.

Seeing the children cower, Tao Lin hurried over, grabbed them, and brought them before Li Xuan.

"Master, the children are still young; please forgive us." Tao Lin bowed and apologized to Li Xuan.

In front of Li Xuan stood six children total—four boys and two girls, all about six or seven years old.

"It's fine, it's fine, let me see if I can solve your family's martial soul problem." Li Xuan waved his hand indifferently.

If he could solve their family's martial soul issue, Li Xuan would effectively control a soul master family's power, and it would be an auxiliary‑type soul master family.

Li Xuan approached one child, slowly extended his hand and placed it on the little boy's crown.

Soul power wrapped in Burning Heart Divine Flame pierced into the boy's body.

Li Xuan gently closed his eyes and began probing the boy's meridians, trying to determine any relation to them.

After obtaining the memory of the Ten Thousand Year Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, Li Xuan became extremely familiar with the mortal body. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes; he truly found a problem within the child's meridians.

All of the child's meridians were in a severely withered state; originally they were like elastic rubber bands, now they resembled sun‑baked bands with no elasticity, even a slight force would snap them.

Moreover, Li Xuan discovered a special toxin within the child's meridians.

Li Xuan slowly extracted the Burning Heart Divine Flame, wrapped the toxin with Filthy Flame, and then gently pulled it out of the child's body.

The child sweated profusely from the pain but gritted his teeth and endured; it wasn't bravery—Li Xuan was just terrifying; the child feared that if he moved, Li Xuan would burn him to death.

Li Xuan did not extract all the toxin, only a portion.

Seeing the child's painful expression, Li Xuan knew that removing too much toxin at once could easily kill the child.

Li Xuan extended his hand, supporting the lotus formed by Filthy Flame; the lotus contained the toxin inside the Tao Family members' bodies.

"This toxin isn't a strong poison, but a chronic poison targeting the meridians; however it's a mixed poison, my Medicine Appraisal Technique is of little use." Li Xuan scratched his head, looking at the toxin before him, and said awkwardly.

Still, Li Xuan had a solution: he took out a Detox Pill, gently crushed it, and tossed it into the Filthy Flame lotus.

The toxin that contacted the Detox Pill powder slowly merged with the pill, rapidly losing its toxicity and turning into a puddle of clear water that fell to the ground.

"Sure enough, this poison isn't high‑grade; a first‑grade Detox Pill is enough." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

When Li Xuan finished the test, he turned back to see the Tao Family's admiring gazes.

Li Xuan hadn't expected that his just‑shown move would shock the Tao Family so much.

"The reason you cannot cultivate is that you ingested a chronic poison. I can also clear the toxin in your bodies. This is a Detox Pill; take one every three days, dissolve a whole bottle of Alchemy Pill in water for seven days, then bathe in it; after about a month the toxin will be completely expelled." Li Xuan handed two large bottles of Detox Pill to Tao Lin.

"Also, because the meridians have been infiltrated by toxin for a long time, you need something else to nourish them; this is the Yunling Pill, also taken one every three days." Li Xuan handed two large bottles of Yunling Pill to Tao Lin.

"Thank you, master, thank you, master!" Tao Lin, eyes brimming with tears, knelt down, never expecting that a problem that had plagued them for over thirty years and even bankrupted the family was solved by a little boy.

"Alright, you're all my people now; just brew fine wine for me." Li Xuan nodded and said to Tao Lin.

"By the way, for the next month you won't be working the fields here with them; go to the South District, set up a few tents. That place will become a winery later, though it will take some time to finish construction; use this period to detox." Li Xuan nodded.

"Thank you, master, for your rebirth grace; we will devote our lives to you until death!" Tao Lin, face wet with tears, swore to Li Xuan.

"Alright, hurry and detox; after detoxing, I'll see your talents." Li Xuan waved his hand, letting them leave.

Tao Lin led the Tao Family members, bowed a few more times to Li Xuan, then turned and left.

Dear readers, good morning.

(End of chapter)